Edmund Piesse
Politician
1900 – 1952
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Who was Edmund Piesse?
Edmund Stephen Roper Piesse was an Australian politician. Born at Katanning, Western Australia, he was educated in Perth at Guildford Grammar School before returning to Katanning as a farmer and grazier. He was also a company director. In 1949 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Western Australia.
He held the seat until his death by his own hand in 1952. He gassed himself in his car, at a rifle range near his home of Katanning.
Bill Robinson was appointed to replace him.
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- Born
- Jan 5, 1900
Katanning - Nationality
- Australia
- Education
- Guildford Grammar School
- Died
- Aug 25, 1952
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on July 23, 2013
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